The paper argues that in post-Suharto's Indonesia, Papua remains under Carl Smith's state of exception in which law is suspended to allow executive power of the state to reign with little restrictions. The structure of domination has become much more complex as it no longer consists of dichotomy of the state authority and Papuan resistance movements. Rather, it colludes with the power of market, the monopoly of the powerful over natural resources as well as penetration of Wahabism that undermines the existing cultural and social cohesion of the Papuans. The domination of the executive power of the state remains pervasive in the form of restriction of civil liberties of the Papuans. The power of the market has placed Papua and Papuans under control of the economy elite who rules the game especially when it comes to land acquisition and extraction of natural resources. The politico-economy structure of domination has been exacerbated with the new phenomenon of Wahabism that has undermined the cultural and social cohesion of the indigenous and non-indigenous Papuans. All these elements only affirm that the state of exception rules Papua and Papuans but it has gone beyond the executive power of the Indonesian state.

Key words: Papua, state of exception, domination, Wahabism